Adjustable child&#39;s cap



July 2, 1957 L. GOLDMAN 2,797,417

ADJUSTABLE CHILD'S CAP Filed Jan. 3, 1955 United States Patent:

ADJUSTABLE CHILDS CAP Louis Goldman, Framingham, Mass, assignor to Bancroft Cap Company, Framingham, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 3, 1955, Serial No. 479,350

2 Claims. (Cl. 2--197) This invention relates to childrens caps, and more particularly to an adjustable cap construction.

The general object of the invention is to produce a childs cap which automatically adjusts to the childs head size, and which can be manufactured cheaply enough to be espectially suitable for costume use. The cap here illustrated simulates a policemans hat, or a similar type of uniform hat, and consists, in general, of a soft one-piece crown attached to a stiff hand, one end of which overlaps and is slidably secured to the other. A piece of elastic attached to the body of the band and to one of its overlapping ends holds the band firmly on the childs head and yields to accommodate to the childs head size.

In the drawings illustrating the invention:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a cap embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, partly broken away, of the adjustable portion of the band; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section along line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The crown is made of a single piece of cloth shaped by darts 11 regularly spaced around the head. The lower edge of the crown is attached to a stiif band 12 consisting of a single layer and made, for example, of natural or artificial leather. No sweat band is employed in this construction. The crown is slit at the back to form free flaps 13 and 14. One end portion 15 of the band is attached to the lower edge of flap 13, and the other end portion 16 is attached to the lower edge of flap 14 and has a tab 16a extend-ing beyond the edge of the flap and overlapping the body of the band 12.

As shown in Fig. 3, flap 14' lies outside of flap 13 and overlaps it by an extent which is variable according to the size to which the band is adjusted. A slot 17 traverses the length of tab 16a and extends partway along the band in the region of end portion 16. A pair of rivets 18 and 19 are attached to the portion of band 12 underlying the slot 17, rivet 18 being mounted in the region of end portion 15, and rivet 19 further forward on the band. These rivets project through the slot and have wide flanges 20 and 21 which engage the outer surface of tab 16a on either side of the slot. The end portion 16 and tab 16a are slidable on the rivets with respect to the underlying portion of the band, but are held parallel to that portion.

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Attached to the end of tab 16a is a piece of elastic 22. The other end of the elastic is attached to the band 12. The elastic can be attached to the tab and the band in any suitable way, for example, by riveting or stitching.

The cap is preferably made to fit the average head size of a child of the youngest age group for which a costume hat of this type is intended. The slot 17 is made of a length to provide about one and one-half to two inches expansion when the cap is put on, the band will automatically expand to the correct size, and the elastic holds the hat firmly, while the rivets hold the overlapping parts of the band in alignment. The cap may have a visor 23 and may be suitably decorated according to the character which the costume is to represent. The cap can be manufactured very cheaply, and a single size serves for a wide range of childrens head sizes.

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable cap comprising a cap crown, a generally circular band attached around the lower edge of said crown and adapted to encircle the head, said band having overlapping end portions and said crown being slit to form flaps attached to said end portions and movable therewith, a circumferential slot in one of said end portions, a pair of circumferentially spaced studs mounted on the other end portion and projecting through said slot to keep said end portions in alignment while permitting relative sliding motion of the same in the circum ferential direction of the band and a piece of elastic attached to one of said end portions and anchored on the band and tending to contract the band to its smallest adjusted position.

2. An adjustable cap comprising a cap crown, a generally circular band attached around the lower edge of said crown and adapted to encircle the head, said band having overlapping end portions and the crown being slit to form flaps attached to said end portions and movable therewith, the end portion lying to the outside having a tab projecting beyond the flap to which it is attached, a slot traversing said tab in the circumferential direction of the band, a pair of circumferentially spaced studs mounted on the band in the region underlying said tab and projecting through said slot, the tab being slidable on said studs, flanges on said studs overlying the outside of the tab, and a piece of elastic attached to said tab and anchored on said band and tending to contract the band to its smallest adjusted position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 700,903 Davis May 27, 1902 1,014,505 Minkotf et a1. Jan. 9, 1912 1,534,421 Smith Apr. 21, 1925 1,715,201 Levin May 28, 1929 FOREIGN PATENTS 804,651 France Aug. 10, 1936 

